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  • HSE Center for African Studies signed cooperation agreements with African entities
    HSE Center for African Studies signed cooperation agreements with African entities

    During the participation in the Global Digital Forum in Nizhny Novgorod on June 5-6, 2025, representatives of the HSE Center for African Studies have signed two agreements on international cooperation. One of them established cooperation with the Universal Digital Services Fund (FDSUT) of the Republic of Senegal, whereas the other – with the University of […]

  • Global Digital Forum in Nizhny Novgorod has become a new platform for knowledge-sharing in the field of e-governance
    Global Digital Forum in Nizhny Novgorod has become a new platform for knowledge-sharing in the field of e-governance

    From June 5 to 6, 2025, experts and partners of the HSE Center for African Studies participated in the Global Digital Forum in Nizhny Novgorod. Andrey Maslov, Director of the Center, moderated the session “Russia-Africa: Cooperation for Digital Sovereignty”. Among the speakers were participants and partners of the e-Governance Knowledge Sharing Programme, including officials from […]

  • Working visit of the Deputy Director of the Center for African Studies to the Republic of Congo
    Working visit of the Deputy Director of the Center for African Studies to the Republic of Congo

    From May 26 to 30, 2025, Vsevolod Sviridov, Deputy Director of the HSE Center for African Studies, paid a working trip to Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, as part of a joint delegation from Sberbank and School 21 (Sberbank’s educational project for training IT specialists). During the visit, Sviridov held a series of working meetings with […]

  • Andrey Maslov took part in the International Security Conference on Africa (ISCA)
    Andrey Maslov took part in the International Security Conference on Africa (ISCA)

    On May, 20, 2025, Director of the HSE Center for African Studies participated in the International Security Conference on Africa (ISCA) in Kigali, Rwanda.  The participants of the event including security experts, policymakers and researchers from more than 70 countries discussed security challenges facing Africa nowadays. Andrey Maslov participated in the “Critical Raw Materials and […]

  • Director of the Center participated in the World Summit on the Information Society in Africa (WSIS+20)
    Director of the Center participated in the World Summit on the Information Society in Africa (WSIS+20)

    From May 14 to 16, 2025, the World Summit on the Information Society in Africa (WSIS+20) was held in Cotonou, Benin. The high-level hybrid event was organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with the Government and the National Assembly of the Republic of Benin.  During the three days of […]

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